Adherence to treatment guidelines for acute otitis media in children. The necessity of an effective strategy of guideline implementation

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1128-1132

  Célind, Jimmy ^a   Södermark, Liv ^a   Hjalmarson, Ola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Child; Guideline; Otitis media; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN V; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL AUDIT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84902079280     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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